Teacher charged with threatening student at South Kent School

Published 1:54 pm, Thursday, February 19, 2015

KENT >> A teacher at a private boarding school here has been charged with threatening a 17-year-old student earlier this month.

Loren Sanborn, 33, turned himself in to the Connecticut State Police in Litchfield on Wednesday. He was charged with threatening and second-degree breach of peace, according to a police press release.

State police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance confirmed in a phone interview that Sanborn is accused of making a verbal threat toward a student at the South Kent School.

In the release, police said the incident was reported Feb. 3 and that Sanborn was charged after a “thorough investigation” that resulted in an arrest warrant.

Sanborn was previously listed on the South Kent School website as a member of the school’s math department, but, after the press release went out Thursday morning, his information had been removed. His status at the school was not immediately clear Thursday.

School spokesman Gonzalo Garcia-Pedroso, who is also the director of admissions, declined to comment on Sanborn’s status late Thursday morning when reached by The Register Citizen. He said teachers live on the campus of the boarding school, but declined to say whether Sanborn is still there. Garcia-Pedroso did confirm that there was an incident Feb. 2. He also said the 17-year-old student is still at the school.

The school promptly reviewed the circumstances of the incident and referred it to state police, Garcia-Pedroso said.

“The school has taken and will continue to take appropriate action to ensure the safety of everyone on campus,” Garcia-Pedroso said.

After turning himself in to police, Sanborn was released in lieu of $1,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear March 2 in Bantam Superior Court.